Blog Series on “Survey” – Blog # 1

“Confused, fatigue, waste of time, irritated and sometimes angry or afraid…”

Have you ever experienced any of these feelings when you were asked to complete a survey?  And sometimes you were not given the information on the purposes of the survey, how information is protected, shared, and stored, and who have access to view different levels of the survey results:  the original raw data, the analyzed or manipulated data, the consolidated data, or just couple bullet points or some graphic charts.

A “bad” survey can cause more harm to both people and the organization that not having a survey.  What happens if and when management chooses not to address the reported or alleged fraud, retaliation, harassment, or other alarming issues.

Over the past 20+ years, I have been asked to complete many kinds of surveys when I worked for several Fortune 100 companies.  Recently I had an opportunity of providing review and coaching on survey questions before the quest